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<p>Character encoding auto-detection in Python.  As smart as your browser.  Open source.</p>
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<p>The <span class="application">Universal Encoding Detector</span> library is copyright © 2006 Mark Pilgrim.  All rights reserved.</p>
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<p>The <span class="application">Universal Encoding Detector</span> library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.</p>
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